LITTLE LEAGUE: Cressona opens Section 3 tourney with victory
MILTON — The word accident typically comes attached with a negative connotation. When manager Steve Cryts tells his Cressona 11-12-year-old all-stars to let home runs be “happy accidents,” he actually...
View ArticleSchuylkill North, South advance to 13-14 Teener states
LLEWELLYN — Each team played six games in four days — often in blazing heat — and logged lots of extra-inning baseball. Yet we still don’t have a champion in the VFW Area 2 Teener 13-14-year-old...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: South Columbia defeats Cressona
MILTON — Cressona’s 11-12-year-old all-stars learned an important lesson during Sunday’s 9-2 loss to South Columbia: Nobody’s perfect. The loss was Cressona’s first of the Section 3 Little League...
View ArticleLEGION BASEBALL: Levan keeps Grovers alive at Regionals
FREEMANSBURG — Tanner Levan never expected to pitch nine innings Sunday in the sweltering, sticky heat. By the ninth inning, however, the Pine Grove starter was the obvious choice to finish what he...
View ArticleLOCAL WRAP: Cressona routs Williamsport at Section 3 Tournament
MILTON — Cressona bounced back from its first loss in impressive fashion. Keenan Cryts was 3-for-3 with four RBIs and Brody Robison slugged a two-run homer as Cressona routed Williamsport 13-1 in four...
View ArticleLEGION BASEBALL: Pine Grove edges Perkiomen, hangs on in Regionals
FREEMANSBURG — Zach Boltz joked with one of the trainers after he fouled a ball off his ankle during the seventh inning Monday at the American Legion Region 2 Tournament. The Pine Grove slugger walked...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: UDC drops Section 3 opener to Danville
PINE GROVE — Monday was not Upper Dauphin County’s night. UDC’s 9-10-year-old all-stars dropped their opening game of the Section 3 Little League Tournament against Danville 12-0 in four innings at...
View ArticleLocal briefs for July 21, 2015
2 local grapplers make All-America FARGO, N.D. — Two Schuylkill County wrestlers became All-Americans on Tuesday at the USAW Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals. New Ringgold’s Jake Hendricks (145) placed...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: Cressona bows out of Section 3 11-12 Tournament
MILTON — Cressona’s 11-12-year-old all-stars made a run through the District 24 Little League Tournament and advanced all the way to the Section 3 final. Despite a resilient effort, Cressona’s run came...
View ArticleLEGION BASEBALL: Grovers eliminated from Region 2 tourney
FREEMANSBURG — Amid a bevy of big rosters filled with players from urban areas and schools, Pine Grove stood defiant. The Grovers battled through the Schuylkill-Berks Legion League playoffs to capture...
View ArticleHS FOOTBALL: PIAA moves a step closer to change in football
MECHANICSBURG — The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association has approved a significant change to its enrollment policy and is inching closer to a decision on classifications for high school...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: Tunkhannock ousts UDC in extra innings
PINE GROVE — Their season has ended, but Upper Dauphin County’s 9-10-year-old all-stars did not go down without a fight. UDC took District 15 champion Tunkhannock into extra innings before ultimately...
View ArticleNASCAR: Pocono race to be sponsored by Windows 10
LONG POND — Pocono Raceway announced Tuesday that its upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race will be known as the Windows 10 400. Microsoft is launching an upgrade of the popular operating system July...
View ArticleBRIEFS: 2 local baseball player to compete in Big 26's Keystone Klash
2 area players to play in Big 26 Keystone Klash Blue Mountain’s Justin Hammer and Upper Dauphin’s Aaron Cleveland have been selected to play in this weekend’s Keystone Klash at Bowman Field in...
View ArticleSpartan golfer wins junior title
BATH — North Schuylkill’s Hunter Mickatavage won his age group and the overall 14-19-year-old title recently at the 23rd annual Lehigh Valley Junior Medal Play Championship. Played on the par-72...
View ArticleLOCAL WRAP: Schuylkill West tops Schuylkill North
LLEWELLYN — Nick Kreiser’s two-run single in the bottom of the fifth inning proved to be the difference as Schuylkill West defeated Schuylkill North 3-1 in a VFW Area 2 Teener Baseball 15-16-year-old...
View ArticleFamily provides support for points leader
FORESTVILLE — When Tim Fitzpatrick began his racing career 27 years ago, he forgot about one thing. When you win, people notice. “My dad used to bring us here when we were kids, and we loved it,”...
View ArticleVictory ends DeSantis' slump
FORESTVILLE — So far in 2015, Meme DeSantis had been the poster child of bad luck at Big Diamond Speedway. The latest in a string of frustrations occurred July 10, when his 358 modified ran out of fuel...
View ArticleFenstermacher captures City Cycle 17 title
As the lyrics of the Glenn Frey song go, “You can make a break, you can win or lose, that’s a chance you take, when the heat’s on you.” Jared Fenstermacher made all the right breaks and took the right...
View ArticleRemington on target with ultimate inline muzzleloader
For someone who anticipates the annual celebration of traditional muzzleloaders in general and flintlock rifles in particular at the Dixon Gunmaker’s Fair, which concludes today at the world’s largest...
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